One person is in critical condition after a fire this morning at a residence in northeast Las Vegas.
The Clark County Fire Department reported that firefighters were called at 6:50 a.m. to 5851 Meikle. Flames were coming from the home when firefighters arrived four minutes later.
Firefighters extinguished the fire within 20 minutes and found the victim while searching the residence. In a media release, Assistant Fire Chief Sandra Baker said the victim was taken to a Las Vegas Valley hospital, where his condition was listed as critical.
The cause of the blaze has not been determined. Metro Police went to the scene to help firefighters investigate the cause.
Curt Isakson is a 35 year veteran of the fire service. Curt is currently a Battalion Chief for Escambia County Fire Rescue. Previously worked 9 years with the Pensacola Fire Department where he was assigned as the Company Officer on Rescue 31. Curt’s fire service experiences started at a young age as a Junior firefighter with the Midway Fire Protection District and rose through the ranks to Captain. He has worked in volunteer, career, and combination departments.
Curt has held all ranks up to Battalion Chief and been assigned to operations, training, inspections, and was Chief of Special Operations for 7 years. Curt owns and operates County Fire Tactics that covers a very diverse range of fire service topics, as well as Firefighter Rescues, a site that documents rescues made by firefighters around the country.
He has annual contracts with numerous departments to provide standardized monthly training for these departments that respond daily together under an automatic aid agreement. Curt teaches nationally to include; FDIC, Firehouse Expo, Firehouse World, Orlando Fire Conference, Atlanta Fire Conference, Bowling Green State University, and owns/operates the annual HROC, COBC, WOTF, CFT ODP on Pensacola Beach. He is a Florida Certified Fire Officer, Instructor, Inspector, Arson, and FLUSAR.
